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- From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
- Subject: Re: Restoring root partition dumps
- Message-ID: <1357@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- Reply-To: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
- Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- References: <1ii8veINNqib@transfer.stratus.com> <1ii9vvINNpfi@parlo.hal.COM> <1iiev6INNt0k@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 11:37:06 GMT
-
- dswartz@redondo.sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber) writes:
-
- >In article <1ii9vvINNpfi@parlo.hal.COM> paul@hal.COM (Paul Sander) writes:
- >>In article <1ii8veINNqib@transfer.stratus.com> dswartz@redondo.sw.stratus.com
- >>(Dan Swartzendruber) writes:
- >>
- >>[Nightmare with dump/restore on live root partition omitted]
- >>
- >>How about creating a 10 megabyte disaster recovery partition with your
- >>minimal kernel and restore software? You can boot up with it, restore to
- >>your real root partition, and you're off...
-
- >I had just about concluded that was the only way out. I was just
- >curious if there was anything "obvious" I was missing. To avoid
- >getting hosed again, I'm doing it this way (at least until I hear
- >any different ideas).
-
- I would guess that if you had moved into /foo, then done a:
-
- $ find . -print | cpio -pdmuva /
-
- that things would be restored Okay... it's still a major pain though.
-
- I also wonder if one could use Eschatology? After all, it's simply a
- "hidden" file system. If one could convince A/UX Startup to use it (Esc.)
- as the bootup file system, then restore onto the real root file system...
- Of course, you would have to make sure that the needed files where available
- in Esc...
-
- Hmmmmmm
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